River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-10-06
FOI, AMATEURS ONLY.
Pretty Mrs. bearing was dull.

Pretty MIS- bearing was OulI-
She possessed little house at Chel-
sea, two servants to look after, enough
probationary to buy everything suit
able for the wife Of bankers clerk,
a beautiful face. to which the brown
hair. brushed straight from the brOws,
gave a look Of intelligence and purity,
a commonplace husband absentall day.
idle hands. and a restless mind-jnst
the state 81 things perceiving which
the father Of political actresses and
society gossip limps in and suggests
employment.
Daughter Of a poor curate, who,
when she was Il, joyfully mar
ried her. almost without con-
suItiug her. q Young man with
expectations, Marion bearing had
spent five years Of her life without any
society bIt that Of somewhat unat-
tractive husband. who, having sown
what wild oats he could afford between
the aues OF : d1sl -. settled down to
matrim0ny al So without a notion that
the beautiful child he married would
would ever require any excitement but
that Of ordering his dinners. mending
his clothes, and listening To his sage
OBSCURE when he returned from the
cityin tine evening.
Women are 50 different from men. of
course. and household duties must nee
,ssarilv he more attractive to them than
amy other sort Of occupation. Tom
bearing mother and sisters and aunts,
at least. had always been perfectly salts
fed with the charms of the domestic en-
Gle. and hehim~elfat live-and-thirtya asked
nothing better than to doze and proze
10y the ire ut night to a beautiful bored
woman Of twO-and-twenty.
But now. u his surprise andveNatiOn,
lis wife had grown dull and discomfort
Ell had left OF talking. even left of
listening. and at 'ast one memorable
might had electrified him by bursting
into passionate entreat,es to be- allowed
to .-go on the stage.
Tom bearing was naturally extreme
Ih ~AlNNt hN-lA at ~tAt1El q lNNfttf--L Ills At-
tons Of actresses were formed from a
casual acquaintance with chorus girl
I'm comic opera company whom he had
met I'm the country. and had taken to
supper; from anecdotes concerning the
cccrutricities IF historical tragediennes;
and from accounts IN the papers headed
IAN Actress I'm Trouble, detailing how
ladies with many aliases were taken up
by the police for driving hansOmcabs
without a license aGd other erratic pro-
cetdiug~.
But her husbands righteous indig-
nation had little effect on Marion Dear
ing; she pinned for excitement, for en-
ploymtnt. and thought in her innocence
it was the rcpre>sed aspirations Of an
artist nature that stirred her soul. She
was sure she could act extremely well if
She tried. and this belief was due to no
particular coHceit, being shared by hu-
mauitv at large
She took To moping and grew limp
and liStIcs~; worse. she left off laughing
at her husbands ponderous iests. and
even forgot what vegetables he prefer
red for MS dinner.
Then across the darkened domestic
horizon shoue q ray of light in the sug-
gcstion ola city friend of bearing. Il
rndu highly thought of by the latter
from the reputation hc had of going
into really good society"
..Wifc dull and >tage-struck. and YOU
naturally object to her becoming an
actress. said this worthy; ..why not
let her play with amateurs?'
To the question. WAS It respectable2'
Mr. Cdrewe drew himself up.
IL was not only respectable-it was
fashionable. His own sister, Mrs Car
ington. wife Of the well-known Q. c..
spent al her leisure in playing for
charities. and the set she moved in was
most exclusive
In nv club. the Macreadys. we are in
want of ladies. Mr.. Carewe continued.
1--WE don't care To engage professional
actreszg~. YOU see-it's expensive, and
also our adv amateurs who kindly play
Tor VS. don ALWAYS care about meeting
them Some awful,y nice girls play
for US. and of course their mothers and
brothers are very particular about the
people they meet The Hon. Mrs.
Mordauut plays good deal with US. and
Lady Burn>ide-very nice woman;
am sure MR.. bearing would like them
immensely
Under Mrs Carington's indulgent
wing. therefore, pretty Mrs bearing
was first introduced 10 the member,
of the Macreadv Club and the amateur
II n
I'VE are 80 glad to have YOU, said
the Hon. Mr.. Mordaunt a magnificent
looking creature. with husband APP
parcutly 4 Wandering jew by pro-
fcssion. from the distant and varied
points Of tile compass at which he wa:
periodically sighted; ..the lady who
was going to play your part has To q
to a ball that night. and she couldn't
think of any one TO take her place
.,Some of the gentlemen wanted tC
engage professional actress. - said
Mrs Darlington. .sBut I'm very glad
they have not a. think it 5 much be-.
ter t. keep out the professional clemens
Miss Browuiohu' ; mother. for instance
Would never allow her daughter Il
play except with amateurs, she i 5,
particular. Let me introduce sea {,
Capt Vernon. Mrs. bearing"
The l8>t-uamed gentleman was a I'm,
looking man. no longer in his firs
Youth Hearing his name
he turned to bestow long stare of in
solent appreciation at the beautiful new
conner; he was the lady-killer par excel
lence If the amateur world. and YER
highly esteemed among the middle-clas
hours who shone therein on account o
the high connections Of which he some
times vaguely boosted. as well as b
reason of the low morality. COncernin,
which be was more explicit.
He was rich. and PLAYING at actin
aired his vanity. and gave him plenti
full opportunities for more or less risk
firtations with more or less rapid dan
sells and matronS. He much preferre
those performances inwhich profession
nj actresses were not engaged Thes
last We're so business like, 80 matter {
fact; they had none of tn
ilattering Self-conscious shyne:
Of amatuCr engaged in
love-seene with Capt. Vernon. b
sides. half the fun Of the thing Law /
meeting your stage inamorata aftel
ward at the houses Of friends. in th
park. or at theaters. where, when